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It's the holiday season and that means it's the season for traveling as well. We came across this travel charging station from Energizer, an all-in-one charging device that can power up to five devices at once. It's a surge protector that simultaneously charges your Apple devices and any other USB connected tech accessories. Not only is this the ideal companion for traveling, we'd use it at home or in the office too.

The days of the hi-fi in every home has long passed. In fact, in the era of the iPod, you might even be strained to find a dedicated audio system anywhere, as computer speakers, home theater systems playing double duty, and headphones have replaced dedicated sound systems in the average home. Is there still space for a dedicated sound system? If it's the compact Geneva Model M, we'd wholeheartedly reply, "why yes..most certainly, yes!"...

Since October, we've been sleeping on the very last bed of our entire Year in Bed experiment — a Kluft Royal Sovereign. Sold nearly exclusively by Bloomingdale's in (where you can see more. For lower store pricing, visit or call 800-232-1854), it arrived with a super polite, white glove delivery service and represented our only test of an American made, high end, traditional bed. Nutshell review? This is a great traditional bed, but for the price, it should be.

Jawbone is mostly known for their bluetooth products (headsets and Jambox speakers), but they definitely changed direction with their new product, UP. The fitness wristband inspires one to "move more, sleep better and eat smarter." After spending a week with it, we'll take a look at the UP (as well as its accompanying app) and see if it's worth the wearing 24 hours a day.

Do CFLs work best in overheard lights or in table lamps? What fixtures work well for LEDs? In our second to last Lightbulb Wars video, Maxwell visits Lighting by Gregory to talk about how to light your home. Interested in getting new light fixtures and light bulbs for your home? Then don't miss our shopping resource list below the jump:

We recently acquired a new Wacom Intuous4 Tablet (Medium), and after experimenting with it for a few days are wondering how we managed without one all this time. In other words, it's pretty dang $! Find out what we like (and love) about the Intuos4, and see if one of these bad boys has your name on it for Christmas.

Energizer's Glas Task Light is part of Energizer's collection of lights crafted specifically for the home. All the lights in the collection are family-friendly and energy efficient. We got to test out the task light while working at home and were impressed with LED light fixture that managed to stay cool even after hours of work.

Picture this: your brand new, fresh out-the-box, sleek iPad. The back of the iPad, while beautiful, is very slippery, and there's more than a fair chance at one time or another, you'll fumble or even drop the tablet, abiding to both Newton's and Murphy's law. Know all this we were interested in a product which claimed not only to provide a protective skin that would hold it secured to a flat surface up to 70 degrees, but claimed it could keep it steady while putting the pedal to the metal...

Last week's I sat down with Microsoft for a hands-on demo of their latest WP7 handsets and a walk-through of the Mango OS. And though my eyes and hands continually wandered over to the two flagship models, the ninja quick Samsung Focus S and expansive IMAX-screen HTC Titan, it was the mid-tier HTC Radar I went home with for a hands-on experience with the latest Mango-fied handset marketed for the mainstream...